Overview

• On the night of July 13, a mango-laden truck flipped on a lake bund in Pullampeta mandal, Annamayya district, killing nine and injuring ten agricultural workers
• Authorities say the lorry was carrying about 40 tonnes of mangoes with labourers riding atop the load when it veered off course on a hairpin bend
• All victims were daily-wage farm workers returning from mango harvesting; the injured were admitted to Rajampet government hospital and some were transferred to RIMS Kadapa
• Transport Minister Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy and district in-charge minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy expressed condolences and directed officials to oversee treatment and support for victims’ families
• The crash underscores chronic road safety lapses in rural India, highlighting risks from overloaded vehicles, poor infrastructure and lax enforcement